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• Encyclopædia Britannica
  | image_caption = New American edition of the ''Encyclopædia Britannica'' (1899) | country = United Kingdom (1768–1900)<br>United States (1901–present)
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• Joseph McCabe
  ...ebate|speaker]] on [[freethought]], after having been a [[priest]] earlier in his life. ...f his priestly education. In 1890 he was ordained into the priesthood with the name ''Father Antony''.
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• History of the Encyclopædia Britannica
  ...en developed, both online and on [[optical media]]. Since the early 1930s, the ''Britannica'' has developed several "spin-off" products to leverage its re ...nica''. The first encyclopedia to include biographies of living people was the 64-volume ''[[Grosses Universal-Lexicon]]'' (published 1732–1759) of [[Jo
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• A Guide to the Scientific Knowledge of Things Familiar
  | name = A Guide to the Scientific Knowledge of Things Familiar | image_caption = Title page from the 38th edition published in 1880
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• Asphalt
  {{dablink|The term '''asphalt''' is often used as an abbreviation for [[asphalt concrete] ...extremely large".<ref name="Quddus99">Muhammad Abdul Quddus (1992), p.99, in ch.5 pdf</ref>
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• Depleted uranium
  [[File:30mm DU slug.jpg|thumb|right|250px|The DU penetrator of a [[30 mm]] round<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20060716 ...|accessdate= |author= |date= |year= |publisher= UN |pages= }}</ref> In the past, DU has been called '''Q-metal''', '''depletalloy''', and '''D-38'''.
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• Hemp
  ...ut|industrial hemp|its psychoactive variant|Cannabis (drug)|the biology of the plant|Cannabis|other uses|Hemp (disambiguation)}} [[Image:Cannab2 new.png|thumb|right|The variety of appearances for cannabis. Only ''C. sativa'' (left) is suited fo
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• White cane
  [[Image:Long cane.jpg|thumb|100px|A long cane, the primary mobility tool for the visually impaired.]] ...s a courtesy to others. Not all modern white canes are designed to fulfill the same primary function, however: There are at least five different varieties
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• Vibration white finger
  ...y '''Hand-Arm Vibration Syndrome''' or '''HAVS'''. The symptoms of VWF are the vascular component of HAVS. ...Council in 1970. Injury can occur at frequencies between 5 and 2000 Hz but the greatest risk is between 5 and 150 Hz.
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• Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations
  Title=The Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1995| parliament=United Kingdom Parliament|
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• Carbon monoxide poisoning
  ...omplete oxidation to carbon dioxide (CO₂) and is often produced in domestic or industrial settings by motor vehicles and other gasoline-powere ...xyhemoglobin can revert to hemoglobin, but the recovery takes time because the HbCO complex is fairly stable.
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• Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland
  ...o those of the [[Health and Safety Executive]] in the rest of the [[United Kingdom]].<ref>{{ cite web | url=http://www.hseni.gov.uk/about_us.htm | title=About ...riginal_text.doc SI 1978/1039 (NI 9)]</ref> It was renamed '''Executive''' in 1998.<ref>Health and Safety at Work (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 19
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• Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992
  Title=The Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992| parliament=United Kingdom Parliament|
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• Factories Act 1961
  | parliament=Parliament of the United Kingdom ...the Factories Acts, 1937 to 1959, and certain other enactments relating to the safety, health and welfare of employed persons.</sup>
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• Health and safety crime in the United Kingdom
  In the '''[[United Kingdom]]''' there are several '''[[crime]]s''' that arise from failure to take car ==Offences under the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974==
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• Offices, Shops and Railway Premises Act 1963
  parliament=Parliament of the United Kingdom| ...tain provisions of the Factories Act 1961; and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid.</sup>|
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• Health and safety law
  ...ed by the state using an inspectorate, regulatory control and the criminal law. ...eek damages for the injury caused in the civil courts under areas of civil law such as [[negligence]] and occupiers liability.
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• PAT Testing
  ...WILL BE MOVED TO THE CORRECT TITLE OF [[Portable Appliance Testing]] ONCE THE LONG-TERM COPY-EDIT HAS FINISHED, NOT BEFORE. APPROPRIATE REDIRECTS WILL TH ...routinely checked for safety. The correct term for the whole process is '''In-service Inspection & Testing of Electrical Equipment'''.
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• Institute of Occupational Medicine
  ..., impartial position as an international centre of excellence. Since 1990, the IOM has been a fully independent "not for profit" organisation. [[File:IOM_ ...o found a scientific institute to take over the running of this research. The original senior members of staff, under Rogan, were Henry Walton, Deputy Di
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• Air safety
  ...n also be applied in the context of campaigns that inform the public as to the safety of [[air travel]]. ===United States===
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